*alternatefejointupdate
Updates FE joint elements for use with the OptiStruct FE solution sequence.
Syntax
*alternatefejointupdate mark_id type node1 node2 system1 system2 type_flag node_flag system1_flag system2_flag
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Updates FE joint elements for use with the OptiStruct FE solution sequence.
Inputs
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the joint entities to update. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- type
- The type of FE joint element. Valid values are:
- node1
- The ID of the first FE joint node.
- node2
- The ID of the second FE joint node.
- system1
- The ID of the first FE joint system.
- system2
- The ID of the second FE joint system.
- type_flag
- Set to 1 to update type, 0 otherwise.
- node_flag
- Set to 1 to update node1 and node2, 0 otherwise.
- system1_flag
- Set to 1 to update system1, 0 otherwise.
- system2_flag
- Set to 1 to update system2, 0 otherwise.
Example
To update revolute type FE joint elements 9 and 10 to be joints of type ball:
*createmark elements 1 9 10
*alternatefejointupdate 1 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
2017.1